By Kelcie McKenney
Falling in line after Alabama and Georgia, the Missouri state Senate passed HB 126 — a bill that bans abortions after eight weeks, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
Fuck that. I’m pissed, you’re pissed, so what can we do?
Here are a few articles about the recent “rush” to push back on Roe v. Wade—now that the Supreme Court is significantly more conservative.
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By Lindsay Bell
help me choke
on the shame of it all
please
fill the space
between these teeth
with prying hands
and coerce these lips
to bring your grace
i am the siren
are are my muse
this place in my heart
is reserved for you
By Kelcie McKenney
When Sav Rodgers walks into a room, he instantly fills it with radiating, invigorating energy. Always wearing a baseball hat—often repping KC on it—he’ll wrap you up in a rush of ideas, complex conversation, questions about who you are, how you’re feeling, what you’re thinking, and why you’re here. At 24 years old, Rodgers is a force to be reckoned with—enough so that you often forget just how young he is.
Today, Rodgers’s Ted Talk went live.
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By Lindsay Bell
Sunday morning
We wake to the birds chirping an
Overture to honesty,
A night spent with
Thumbs tracing,
By Kelcie McKenney
Dating in your 20’s. It’s a comment that is often followed with a sigh and a smile, both riddled with fond memories and lessons learned—or so I’ve gathered. At 24, I’ve spent many long evenings talking first dates and heartbreaks and love and lust with friends, and I’ve spent even more mulling over them by myself. They did what? He said that? God, I’m so in love. How could he? I can’t tell them. You will learn to love again.
Photo by Travis Young
Relationships teach us more about ourselves than most things I’ve experienced in my short life, and while I’ve learned plenty through my experiences, I wanted to learn more. I’m currently single, still wading through the dating game, trying to find something meaningful that clicks. So I thought: What the hell? What if I asked my exes to reflect on our time together? What if I asked them for dating advice? Continue reading
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